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Here we are with the first eviction of the season. Will it be the goofy “DJ” that speaks in baby talk? Or will it be the blue-haired hairdresser who somehow was voted for “Team America” but annoyed feedwatchers with her constant babbling?

We’ll also see how the show is going to handle the double HOH issue. Will there be separate teams again, or will the competition give the title to the top two finishers?

So let’s get to it after a super super-lengthy recap of the first week of the show. (Is it just me, or have these intros seemed longer than usual this year?) We kick off with the reactions to Donny coming off the block, replaced by Joey. Caleb hugs her, and tells her not to take it personally. She responds that it was a mistake, as it wasn’t what the house wanted. This is dumb. Caleb doesn’t like anybody, particularly a girl, to tell him he’s wrong. He doesn’t think she’s in any position to have such an opinion.

Now Pow Pow is talking to Caleb, and she’s telling him that she wants to stay. Caleb tells her that she has nothing to worry about, as Joey has “dug her own grave”. Pow Pow says she’s decided to just lay low this week.

We’re now shown a bunch of girls laying out in the sun, and Joey has decided that seven is her lucky number because that’s how many votes she needs. Since she was born on February 7, she somehow believes she has a shot to save herself. Silly girl. She works on Brittany and Nicole, and Brittany actually does want to save her. Neither girl gives her any real reason for hope, although Nicole happily reads the diary room script to make it seem like it may happen.

Devin is now asking Victoria (and Amber) who they’re leaning towards keeping in the bathroom. Devin wants it to be unanimous, so he tells Victoria that he needs to vote against the house. “Those who vote against the house will be targets.” This upsets Victoria. “I didn’t come into the house to play Devin’s game.” Others have entered the bathroom, including Zach, who is pissed that he would ask that.

Devin is then shown informing everybody else in different rooms that it has to be unanimous. Frankie responds in the diary room like I’ve been thinking. “As long as we have the votes, what does it matter?”

Joey is still campaigning, though, and now she’s working on Christine, who thinks it may be too early to go against the house. Joey wants to know why this would matter. “You’re the first target”, she responds. She then moves on to Zach, and attempts to work out a deal, but Zach says he’s voting with the house. He wants her to stay, though, and says there is a possibility that Devin and Caleb may change their mind.

Knowing she has little shot, Joey decides to “do something crazy” to hopefully get her votes. She dresses up as a man, Alex. How this will help her I have no clue, and I’m assuming the diary room told her to do this. Dressed in her costume, and then accentuating it with a “bulge”, she goes in and out of rooms yelling and doing other “manly” things like lifting weights. Nobody seems to really care, including the viewers, although once again Nicole happily reads the diary room cue cards. Pow Pow is thrilled, though. “Everybody knows Joey is crazy.”

After the first commercial break, it’s time to show the insanity of Caleb. He’s shown giving Amber lustful looks, and saying she’s “smokin’ hot”. He says he’s had a crush on her since the first day, and we get a montage of silly things he’s said about her. She wants him, you know. Frankie says it “seems kind of eighth grade”.

Cue the piano music, as Amber is now in the HOH room with him. He professes his desire for her, or attempts to, but his plea dies when he says “there’s a certain way you look at me”. Amber is horrified, and the room instantly cools. She thanks him for talking, and exits the room as quickly as possible. Caleb is still clueless. “I’m not going to give up”, he says.

With that over, it’s eviction time! Joey gets to talk first, and she says she’s physically and mentally stronger than Pow Pow. “Pick me. Keep a strong person in the pool.” Pow Pow responds by saying “thanks, Joey, for saying I suck at competitions”. Good one, silly girl. She wants to stay in the house, and “I do have a big heart. I still have a lot of fight in me.” That made more sense than anything she’s said so far this season.

Voting then starts with Devin, who votes to evict Joey, as does Derrick, Frankie, and Cody. For some reason, we then go to commercials. Zach is up next when we get back, and he also votes to evict Joey, as does Brittany, Nicole, Christine, Victoria, Jocasta, Hayden, Amber, and Donny. Yep, Devin got his wish with an unanimous vote.

Julie then announces the decision, and Joey calmly hugs everybody before departing. While we wait for the interview, Brittany is shown crying but nobody talks. Julie begins the interview by asking if she’s surprised it was unanimous, and dumb Joey thinks she had this all-girl alliance. What? Julie carries on with this topic, but Joey is unable to really give anything back. Let’s face it. Joey is worthless as a Big Brother contestant.

Finally, we get to the goodbyes. Frankie is first, and he says how much he loved her. “We’re cut from the same cloth”, but does add that she wasn’t made for this game. Pow Pow says she’s sad that Joey’s gone, but she’s happy that she survived. “I’m going to miss you, but I’m definitely not going to miss Alex.” Nicole gives an ultra-gooey “I loved every second” statement, and Caleb the expressed the Bomb Squad crap. “You just got blew up, baby girl.” Joey says he’s stupid, and says she knew they had this giant alliance. Julie finished by teasing the fact there’s an undercover cop and a brother of a pop star in the house, and that since the Team America player was evicted next week will see two people voted in.

With Joey’s stint over, it’s now time for the HOH competition, and this week there will be a male and female winner. This competition has a “Greek Week” theme, and the girls and boys will compete separately. It’s called “BB Rager”, and they have to walk across a balance beam toa stack of kegs. They then have to haul “kegs” back to the other side, and stack them. Those not playing are able to throw frisbees at the other competitors.

The girls go first, and Amber jumps to an early lead, and Pow Pow far behind (again). One of Brittany’s kegs falls over, so she’s out of the game. Amber lays down her final keg, and wins!

Before the boys take their turn, there’s another ad break. A long, long ad break. When it finally kicks off, and Hayden sprints to the lead. Derrick is out almost immediately, and Cody is not far behind Hayden. Devin begins to catch up, and Hayden falls as he is running back after his last keg. Cody barely beats Devin to the buzzer, and is the male HOH!!

Or is he? Wait, there may be a problem with the ending. Julie says there needs to be a review of the tape! But first, we find out that Donny is this week’s Team America winner! Yes! Yes! Yes! That’s the only person I want in this awful twist. He’s almost in tears as he reads the announcement.

This final commercial break seems to go on forever. Julie then comes in and announces that Cody’s foot hit the ground before he hit the button. That makes Devin the new HOH!

The first regular Wednesday episode of the season is always one of the most interesting. While the first two broadcast consist of footage shot before the feeds are turned on, it’s the first Wednesday of the season where we can judge how producers are editing the actions of the house.

I’m intrigued in how almost everybody in the house will be characterized. Will Victoria continue to get the “spoiled princess” edit even if she’s never really acted like that in the house? How will those who have done nothing on the feeds (Jocasta, Pow Pow) be portrayed? Most importantly, just what are they going to do with the Amber and Caleb saga? (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go back and read Ash’s posts, or listen to last week’s Big Brother Gossip Show.)

We begin tonight’s episode with the aftermath of Brittany and Victoria’s Battle of the Block victory. Everybody is still in their Battle outfits of 20’s clothing, and champagne is opened. The two winners celebrate, and “it feels amazing”. It’s also time to make us believe that safe people may end up being nominated, as Frankie claims to think he’s no longer safe. “I have no power this week. No power means you could get backdoored.” Caleb, obviously, is thrilled. “I’m still sleeping in the penthouse, baby.”

Donny is now shown changing clothes, and he says losing “sure does stink”. His “pal”, Devin, comes into the room, and tells him that he was “amazing”. Donny wanders into the other room to console Pow Pow, who feels like she lost it for them. She’s right. Donny tears up a bit, and Pow Pow says it makes her feel bad. “These young kids caring about me got me emotional”, he says in the diary room. I hate to think about what will happen when he discovers what Devin has done to him. To bring on more sentimental thoughts, the acoustic guitar comes up as we hear Pow Pow talk about how selfish she was before this game started, and how Donny is making her change her ways.

Devin and Caleb then go up to the HOH room, and celebrate with an almost-naked Frankie. They all still believe that Donny is actually a genius, and because he was good at pouring champagne he’s a real threat. Amber then joins the crew, and Devin says that his “charm and charisma” is what is leading the group. Say what???

Devin is now shown consoling Donny. Oh for fucks sake. Donny again talks about how he’s feeling a bit melancholy because everybody cares about him so much. “It touches my heart.” He wants Devin to tell them all that he’s “not pouting because I lost”. Devin thinks it’s all an act, though, because Devin is a complete buffoon. He hugs Donny anyway, but refuses to do what he’s been asked. “I think he’s a great actor.”

Filler time, as we have to sit through Nicole and Christine believing the house is haunted. This is ridiculous. I know many viewers are charmed by Nicole, but she’s a waste of space.

This is followed by a crowd in the HOH wanting Donny to put on high heels. He talks about his socks a bit, and then Amber says she’s off to go to bed. “I’m coming, too”, replies Donny. Can’t say I blame him. This pisses off Caleb, who immediately claims Donny is “ex-military. I knew that the minute he pulled his socks off”. Wait, what? Even Frankie thinks this is ridiculous. “Now he’s saying Donny is Super Soldier. What’s next, Devin? He’s Justin Bieber in a beard? Is he Ariana Grande’s brother?” Caleb adds that he thinks he’s a “killing machine”, while Devin thinks he’s ex-Navy Seal. Stop this. Please stop this. It’s the worst thing ever.

After commercials, Devin and Donny are in bed, and Devin asks if he’s been telling the truth. “My guts tell me there’s something off with Donny”, says Devin, “and I just want to give him an opportunity to come clean.” Seriously, please don’t feature Devin in the show anymore. He is making Cowboy look like a nuclear scientist.

Donny asks why Devin is asking this, and Devin’s response is that he believes Donny was in the military. Donny replies that he always wanted to be in the military, and says in the diary room that he finds the question very strange. He then talks about his job, and says if he wins HOH he can prove it by the pictures. “He made me feel like I was doing something wrong.” Donny tells Devin that he’s a good guy, and that he’s all that he has in the house.

It’s not time to reveal who is on slop this week. Yes, another one of my favorite segments. As the HOH, Caleb has to choose this week’s Have-Nots. Hayden, Joey, Brittany and Cody all volunteers. That’s pretty stupid, kids. We’re then introduced to the frozen room, and Hayden claims that he thinks it’s great.

Out of the blue, Joey is in the bathroom with a bunch of other girls, and she wants to expand El Cuatro. Too bad that she gets zero response, and Jocasta says it’s ridiculous to have an eight-girl alliance. Tell that to the Bomb Squad! Joey continues to make her point, but Amber isn’t thrilled. After all, she is in that boy’s alliance. Finally, she walks out, and Joey is upset. “It was an epic fail.”

It’s now time for this week’s token Derrick appearance. He saw the girls gather in the bathroom, and because he’s a cop he knows “something’s up”. He heads upstairs to tell Devin and Caleb, and they start to wonder who is in charge of this girl’s alliance.

Amber is brought upstairs, and she’s questioned about it. Amber doesn’t want to narc on them, but does let it out that it’s Joey. Amber says that when they’re talking, she just listens and “absorbs”. Caleb can’t let that happen, obviously.

Once another set of commercials air, Joey is complaining that she’s suddenly starting to feel like an outsider. In case you didn’t understand her point, we see footage of people walking past her without talking, or paying her no attention while they’re all sitting around. She decides that coming clean is the best idea, and goes upstairs to play chess with Devin. She tells him everything as he stares her down, and he calls her “the worst player in Big Brother history”. No, she’s in second place. You’re the worst, my friend. Wait, I may change my mind, as Joey now says that it was smart of her to get that off her chest. Um, no.

It’s time to pick the players for the Veto competition. This has not changed from last year, and that includes the script. Caleb pulls out Victoria’s name, while Pow Pow gets Zach and Donny gets Cody. Another aspect of this that hasn’t changed is the usual “I have to win this” script as the segment ends.

Pow Pow is now shown crying in the bedroom because she doesn’t think she has a chance to win with people like Zach and Cody in the competition. Jocasta tells her that it’s “unacceptable” to give up, and starts praying for her.

And with that we jump to the veto competition, which is called Miami Lice. Everybody is dressed like Miami Vice characters, and we get lots of cheeseball shots. There’s a giant tub, and one must dig through the “lice” to find letters. These letters are then to be used to spell a word, and the winner is the person with the longest word in the quickest amount of time.

Even though Jocasta just read these rules, we have to hear them again from Pow Pow. We almost must endure Princess Victoria reading the script about how this dirty pit is not the Miami she knows. Caleb mentions that he’s smart because he graduated from high school, and Donny makes another funny.

Zach actually has a strategy, but Cody doesn’t quite have one. Caleb wants to spell “specialize”, but can’t find a “p”. Donny, meanwhile, is taking his time picking up the letters he wants, and he says it’s because he doesn’t want to “wear myself out”. Pow Pow wants to spell “calculators”, but can’t find a “C”. “Worst pool party I’ve ever been to.”

Zach is the first to hit his buzzer, and is convinced he’s going to win. Donny is next, followed by Cody, Pow Pow, Victoria, and Caleb (the smart one). Zach’s word is “warning”. Cody spelled “competively”, which is disqualified. Caleb’s word is almost “specialize”, but he had no “P”. Victoria tried to spell “pharmacist”, but had no “C’s”. Pow Pow obviously didn’t spell “calculator”, or anything else for that matter. So it’s all down to Donny, who must beat Zach’s seven-letter word.

Guess what? Donny did just that, with the word “splitters”, but we don’t find this out until after the commercial. Donny is the Veto winner! “Fear the beard, thug!”

Frankie then heads into the HOH to talk to Caleb, and he wants to now go after Joey. How dare she try to start an alliance! Joey is aware of this, though, and heads up to talk to Caleb and Frankie. She apologizes, but this goes as well as expected. “You tried. No one was on board, so you failed.” Caleb adds that “it’s way too early for that”. What? He does inform her that coming clean was a good move, though, so Joey thinks she still has hope. Nope, you don’t.

There’s one more commercial break before we see the veto ceremony. Donny handles the same little cliched format as in previous years. He puts on his veto necklace and surveys the wall of photos. There’s the usual diary room comments from nominees, potential nominees, and the HOH, and then the cast is brought into the house. Obviously, he takes himself down. Caleb then gets up, and babbles for the millionth time about not wanting “blood on his hands”. He then puts up Joey. Funny how we saw none of the “what the house wants” silliness that filled up the feeds for two days, but it was mentioned in Caleb’s speech.

After a few more diary comments, the episode is over. What did you think? What was left out? Where was the Caleb obsession with Amber? Tell us what you think?

We’ve met the cast. We’ve been introduced to the twists. Tonight, we’ll hopefully get some clarity on how all of this is going to work.

After the always-useless (and lengthy) recap of what happened the first two episode, tonight kicks off with my least favorite segment of this show. “Who wants to see my HOH room?” Ugh, slap me now. Especially since it’s two HOH’s. Double the boredom.

They all dutifully head upstairs, and Joey says her head is “spinning”. Yuck. This segment is just like every other year’s version of this. The only difference is that there are two of them, which we’re constantly reminded. Victoria, though, thinks that the HOH shower is for her because, you know, she’s a princess. I must admit that Frankie is kind of humorous when he talks about how he’s going to have to pretend to like those “Flatt CD’s” (Rascal Flatts). “We’re going to just bond this week. I know it.”

Now everybody is outside, and Amber (along with some boyd) is doing handstands. Nicole and Christine are on the hammock, complaining about how all of the other girls are “like toothpicks”. Come on, Christine, you’re not exactly a heifer yourself. Nicole says Christine is like her friends back home, and Christine agrees.

Back inside, Frankie and Caleb have a conversation in the HOH. Frankie asks him if they want to work together, and Caleb says he does. “Nobody would ever expect that”, says Frankie. As always, he’s in charge of the conversation, but Caleb says they “mesh so well together” despite their differences. Frankie wants to know who their target should be, and Caleb says they should let people’s true colors show up in the next couple of days. Frankie agrees. It’s now time to look for some “soldiers” to help them out.

Frankie and Caleb are now downstairs talking to Devin and Derrick. Caleb says the “last thing I want to do is be on the block with some floaters”, which leads Devin to complain about the girls. “They get very emotional. They play with their hearts.” The idea is to make an all-guys alliance, and Caleb wants to bring in Zach...and possibly Cody. In the diary room, Derrick says he thinks this is “ludicrous”, but he’s playing along. Frankie, though, is all in, because six guys should be able to win every single competition the entire season. Of course, they have to have a name, so they decide to call themselves the “Bomb Squad”.

Caleb adds that he doesn’t believe any of the girls are smart enough to pick up on this, and we get a few nice bikini shots of Brittney and (a non-bikini wearing Nicole) talking nonsense to “prove” this fact. Thank you, CBS.

Zach is then brought into the room, and he’s let in on the plan. “We’re the frickin’ Bomb Squad.” He loves it, although he says in the diary room that he’s been expecting this. “The strong players in the house need some brains behind their operation, and that’s the Zach Attack.” As much as I like Zach, this segment seems to be pretty scripted.

The “silly” music comes back on, and we switch back to nonsensical “girl talk”, and this time it’s Jocasta and Paola. Meanwhile, Cody is now brought in, but I cannot understand why they’re letting Devin do the talking. Cody agrees, but he also thinks it’s silliness. “Did I just join the next Brigade, or did I just joint the next Moving Company that can kind of fall apart within the next couple of weeks?” Hmmm, another script?

After commercials, Nicole and Christine are talking game again. Nicole says she has to find that one person she can trust, and Christine can always trust her. “I will never, ever, ever throw you under the bus.” Christine is buying into this, because (as we saw earlier) she’s no fan of jocks and pretty girls. They’re outsiders, yo! People are going to think they’re smart because they wear glasse! “We’re a force to be reckoned with”, says Christine.

Silly music now comes up, and while most people are doing nothing, Devin notices that the TV in the living room says “Nominations Today”. “Oh shit.” Or was it “oh fuck”? He calls everybody into the house, and the entire house freak. “Holy crap”, says Pow Pow. “This game just got real.” Um, ok. Victoria isn’t worried, though, because “Frankie and I are super close.” She is worried about Caleb, though.

It’s now time for a Double-D meeting. Devin tells Donny that no matter what, he has to be “mentally strong”. Of course, Devin doesn’t inform him of his new alliance. He “has no idea I’ve abandoned him for the Bomb Squad”. Donny assures him that they are still together. “You are the beast. I am the...I don’t know what I am.” Poor Donny. He is worried about Caleb, and Devin starts to act worried. “I can’t even focus right now”, he tells Donny as he almost tears up. Of course, as Donny leaves the room Devin smiles to the camera because, after all, he’s “here for my daughter”. Ugh, he sucks.

Frankie and Caleb are now talking about their potential nominations, and Caleb says he thinks Brittany is dangerous. Say what? Caleb says her smile “fades to the point of a fake smile”. What? Frankie plays along, but it’s obvious he doesn’t agree. Or doesn’t care.

Pow Pow is Caleb’s other target (“she’s crazy), while Frankie wants to put up Victoria and Brittany. Caleb wants Hayden put up, but Frankie can’t really justify it. Caleb thinks each side should have a guy and a girl put up, and Frankie says it makes sense. In the diary room, Caleb says this is the way to ensure they “don’t have blood on our hands”. Kids, that’s a phrase you’re bound to hear quite often these next couple of episodes.

There’s another commercial break before we get the nominations. Frankie reads the script while we see them stand in front of the keys. They then head upstairs, and each must grab an egg to see who nominates first. Caleb is first, and while he says he’s going to make the Bomb Squad happy he must do what is best for him. Frankie does get to see who Caleb nominates before he makes his choices, and we again get silliness about blood on their hands.

The cast then gathers around the table, and instead of the keys of the whole house being pulled, each HOH reads their nominations. Caleb first pulls Donny, whose face is then lit up on the screen. His second nomination is Pow Pow. He says they are great people, and he says he picked because they were the first of their gender to fall in the HOH competition.

Frankie then pulls his first name, and it’s Victoria. His second choice is Brittany. As Victoria starts crying, Frankie explains that he also picked as to who fell first during their HOH competition. Victoria is stunned. “Shove that in your you know where”, she says in the diary room. Brittany just can’t let herself be the first to go home. Donny isn’t surprised, as he was the first to fall and there hasn’t been time to bond.

Devin consoles Donny, and tells him that he needs to fight. Pow Pow comes in, and Devin walks out. Pow Pow says that Donny has to be strong for both of them. They must stay positive so they can come down off the block.

Meanwhile, Nicole and Christine are jumping for joy in the storage room. They really don’t know how they survived. Nicole is especially excited after seeing players do this in the storage room every season. This super fan stuff is going to get old really quickly.

Sad piano music comes up because Caleb (wait, what?) is tearing up because he made some girls cry. He has “heart for people”, you know? He’s just a sensitive soul who had to put people up for no good reason. Why are they showing this?

Victoria is now shown walking down the hall, and Frankie jumps out of a multi-person conversation to console her. “I’m good”, she claims. He pulls her to a side room, and tells her there is no way she’s going home. He says that it broke her heart to do this, but if it hadn’t been for Caleb putting up Pow Pow he would not have done this. “I had no choice”, and he claims that he would never hurt her.

When we get back from another break, Amber is complaining that she’s sore. Half the house is asleep, and Devin has decided that he’s going to bring some girls into their already giant alliance. “Every year, the guy’s alliance kind of gets played out.” How would you know, you recruited goof? He has decided to bring in some of the strongest girls. Christine is also in the room as he outs the fact that there is a six-guy alliance. What is he thinking? Christine can’t believe it. “Why do you think you can trust me?” she laughs in the diary room. Amber also says she’s in shock.

Devin heads upstairs to tell Caleb what he’s done. I’m not going to transcribe this idiocy, especially when Devin says it’s “foolproof”. Caleb is not happy, and the girls are then brought up. “We are honored to have you”, he reluctantly says.

It’s now the next morning, and Derrick and Frankie are in the HOH room when Devin comes in to inform them what he’s done. Cody then walks in, and he’s told the big news. Cody thinks this is the dumbest thing ever. “This whole bomb squad is pretty much going to blow up in our face.” Devin attempts to explain why he did this, but the guys are beyond pissed off.

Now we’re downstairs for some filler, as Donny does some yoga with the girls. Thanks to Donny, this isn’t as insufferable as usual. Devin then walks in, and Donny tells some homespun tale that makes no sense to me.

For some reason, this makes Devin believe that Donny really isn’t so dumb. He believes that because he’s downstairs “holding court”, he must not really be a groundskeeper. Wow, Devin really is the dumbest Big Brother cast member ever! “You think this bearded groundskeeper is really James Bond?”, Frankie says in the diary room. Zach tells him that he’s being silly, but Devin is convinced that he’s right. “This is the same mistake everybody makes”, he says. he believes that Donny threw the comp, and is plotting to take them all down.

Finally, it’s now time for “Battle of the Block”. Everybody involved in the competition is dressed to the nines, as if they’re at a ‘20’s ball. They are on swings, and must pass champagne from one person to the other. The first to fill their flute wins. Pow Pow fails miserably at this, although Donny is beyond patient. The other two girls proceed a bit better. After a bit, they even get a rhythm going.

Although Pow Pow and Donny finally build some momentum, it’s pretty clear who wins. Brittany and Victoria run away with it, so they are now off the block! The nominees are Donny and Pow Pow, and Frankie is no longer HOH! The show then ends with the usual “I’ve got to fight” comments from Donny and Pow Pow, along with some paranoia from Frankie and others.

What did you think of tonight’s episode? Just how out of his mind is Devin? Do you like how the Dual HOH’s works out? Tell us your thoughts!

As all readers of this site understand, the house went live this past Thursday evening. Tonight's episode of the Big Brother Gossip Show went through the first two CBS broadcasts, along with what has happened the last three days.

We tell you who won the Battle of the Block, the POV, and who are the Have-Nots. We also talk about the various alliances, and sub-alliances. Most importantly, we talk about a budding love affair between a model and a hayseed. Unfortunately, the model isn't aware she's in this relationship. Can you say creepy???